Queensland Consolidated Acts

CIVIL PROCEEDINGS ACT 2011 - SECT 17

17 Interested person may become a party and may be bound by outcome

(1) This section applies if the court considers—

(a) not all persons interested in the subject matter of a proceeding or the relief sought in a proceeding are before the court; and

(b) the proceeding ought not to proceed, or relief ought not to be given, without particular persons being given notice of the proceeding.

(2) However, this section does not apply to a representative proceeding under part 13A .

(3) The court may—

(a) order that the particular persons be included as parties to the proceeding; or

(b) stay the proceeding until notice of the proceeding has been given, as the court may direct, to the particular persons.

(4) If a person given notice does not elect to be included as a party to the proceeding, the person is bound by the outcome of the proceeding in relation to any subject matter or relief in which the person was interested.